Levi Wijk, known professionally as Bunt (stylized as "BUNT.") is a German DJ. It was formerly a duo composing of him and Nico Crispin from
Stuttgart, before Nico leaving in May, 2021. He is signed to
Geffen Records
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Founded in 1980, Geffen Records has been a part of Interscope Geffen A&M since 1999 and ...
.
Musical style
Bunt's musical style is described as "
electronic folk music" and noted to be heavily influenced by late electronic music pioneer
Avicii
Tim Bergling (; 8 September 1989 – 20 April 2018), known professionally as Avicii (, ), was a Swedish DJ, remixer and music producer. At the age of 16, Bergling began posting his remixes on electronic music forums, which led to his first rec ...
along with influences from musicians such as
Justice
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,
Basement Jaxx
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,
Swedish House Mafia
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and
Calvin Harris
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. When it was still a duo, BUNT. publicly stated that they are huge fans of Avicii, whom had gave them the inspiration to start creating their style of songs, which mixes electronic music with folk house music, which is something that is still new in the electronic music world. In a fan reply, BUNT. has publicly stated they were happy to be able to complete the song 'Crocodile Tears' as a final tribute to Avicii.
Career
Bunt began to collaborate in 2014 when they were students in college.
In 2016, they released the song "Old Guitar" and "Young Hearts". They are signed to Interscope Management.
In 2019, they released "Oh My Other".
In 2020, they released singles "Unbreakable" featuring Clarence Coffee Jr.
, "Nights Like That" feat.
Georgia Ku
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and "Crocodile Tears" feat.
Jens Hult.
In 2021, Nico left the duo.
BUNT Discography
Singles
Remixes
References
External links
*{{soundcloud, buntmusic
German DJs
Deep house musicians
German electronic music groups
German musical duos
Electronic dance music duos
Folktronica musicians
Musical groups from Stuttgart
Geffen Records artists